Forced to return to the remote village of his childhood to live with his estranged father, teenager Ari has never felt more isolated. While his hard-partying dad and loving but frail grandmother do their best to mend the broken past, local bullies and rough living leave Ari struggling to find his place. Unfolding with pathos and understated emotion, Sparrows is a bittersweet coming-of-age story about learning to stand up for yourself. Solid directing and spectacular surroundings lift it well above the teen drama genre.
Press
”Hushed sensitivity is the order of the day in this measured, moving mini-bildungsroman, which sees Rúnarsson carrying over the observational exactitude and majestic sense of place” - Variety
"What marks Rúnarsson's film out from so many similar coming-of-age films is its strong sense of place and the inner strength of his central character." - Eye For Film